Yarvand Martsirasian

Prisoner

Date of birth: 3 November 1973

Date of detention: 9 May 2024

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 368 of the Criminal Code — Insulting the President of the Republic of Belarus

Sentence: 2 years

Penalty: imprisonment in a general-security penal colony

Judge: Sviatlana Kuzmichonak

Prison: Pre-trial detention center No. 2

Notes: Foreign citizens

Yarvand Martsirasian was convicted under Article 368 of the Criminal Code for insulting Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He was sentenced to two years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

Mail address: Pre-trial detention center No. 2. 210026, Viciebsk, vulica Haharyna 2

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